Tuesday, May 16

Weekend recap, to come

I can only imagine how excited you all are to hear about the graduation weekend ... as you should be. It was great and eventful, and you'll have to wait until this afternoon because I've got some work/software training this morning that will take me away from my desk until then. But, of course, until then, here's my favorite graduate, in his "doctor's robes" and kicky beret.Catch you later!!

[Editor's comment: It's been noted, by me, that when the text to the right of a picture doesn't reach down farther on the page than the photo itself, the text doesn't show up on the page until a viewer scrolls down and then back up to the post. Is this the case for all of you, or is it just a special annoyance for me? At any rate, I suppose I'll have to finesse my word count higher on the posts that are accompanied by a photo (as I'm cleverly doing right now), so all the brilliant text can be witnessed by my adoring masses (or just my mom and dad) as soon as they open the page.]

My To-Be-Read Pile

"Grave Ransom," Kalayna Price

"The Map of Time," Felix J. Palma

Obsessed Much? Yes. TV shows I watch:

Archer,Drunk History, Elementary, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, Game of Thrones, The Good Place, Gotham, iZombie, Last Week Tonight, Life in Pieces, Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, Modern Family, The Originals, Preacher, Talking Dead, The Walking Dead

Movies I've seen

The Accountant

Sing

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Mr. Right

Passengers

Books I've Read

"The End of Oz," Danielle Paige

"Yellow Brick War," Danielle Paige

"Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis," Anne Rice

"The Court of Mist and Fury," Sarah Maas

"The Angels' Share," J.R. Ward

Sydney G.

Cooper G.

Elliot G.

Random pet peeves

Head ribbons on babies

Mouth noises

Use of "@" outside of email addresses

Monkey movies

Shaped shrubbery

Dog owners that leave poo

Men who soapbox pro-life

Shingles

Crickets and ants

New York Yankees, Giants

Mosquito bites

"Fifty Shades of Grey"

Put on your quotation devices

"You can never have too many super-duper, super-swell friends."

"Well-behaved women rarely make history."

"As you wish."

"Bird by bird."

"I spin on an axis of my own neuroses."

"When in trouble, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout."

"Not the sort of information I retain."

"Keep a watchful eye for ravens."

" ... trying to smell the color 9."

Arbitrary goals and aspirations

Weigh what I've got listed on my driver's license.

Watch the "best" movies and read all the "best" books.

Gain the confidence to wear heels regularly and in everyday life.

Use the statement, made popular by most every movie villain, "You have no idea what I'm capable of."